Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in an Acute Stroke and Frailty Ward. The role involves providing high-quality patient care, demonstrating leadership, and managing the ward budget. The successful candidate will be an experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic nurse with a keen interest in acute patient needs. The ward offers a supportive environment committed to high standards of nursing care.
Key responsibilities
- Exercise 24-hour accountability for ward management and delivery of compassionate, high-quality nursing care.
- Provide visible, professional nursing leadership, support, supervision, and expert clinical advice.
- Be responsible for the efficient management of the ward budget and effective deployment of the nursing team.
- Work and communicate effectively as a member of the senior clinical and nursing leadership team, deputising for the SNM when required.
- Create and promote a learning culture within the clinical area to support professional growth of nursing staff and students.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Part 1)
- Current NMC Registration
- Bachelor degree (or equivalent experience)
- Pertinent postgraduate diploma (or equivalent development/ experience AND a willingness to undertake appropriate post graduate level study when in post)
- Bronze IQT
- Teaching/Coaching qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Knowledge of legislation pertinent to role
- Proven and relevant experience at Band 6
- Appropriate experience within specialty and able to demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant specialty
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of NMC Code (2018)
- Proven post-registration experience and evidence of coordinating and managing a team of staff
- Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional issues and developments
- Evidence of working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience in budget management
- Experience of effective staff management
- Experience of running a ward/area/department
- Experience of mentoring preregistration nursing/midwifery students
- IT Skills
- Able to relate theory into practice through reflective skills
- Good knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements
Desirable criteria
- Recognised management qualification
- Recognised leadership qualification
- Experience of leading a team
- Masters degree in pertinent subject
- Experience of working in a Band 7 role
- Understanding of financial and resource management processes
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Hywel Dda University Health Board
Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 30/04/2027.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and
are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is
needed from your current manager prior to application.
We are excited to announce an opening for the position of
Band 7 Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse in our Acute stroke and Frailty Ward.
As a crucial member of our healthcare team, you will play a pivotal role in
providing high-quality care to patients
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nurse who
is highly motivated and enthusiastic, with a keen interest in caring for
patients with acute needs.
The ward is friendly and supportive and has a commitment to
providing a high quality of nursing care. It has an 4 bed acute stroke area
with support for rehabilitation and frailty needs
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate the Health Board's value, respect, fairness, integrity, honesty, openness and caring, kindness and compassion in everything that you do in the work environment and ensure that others demonstrate the same values.
Exercise 24-hour accountability for the management of the ward, and delivery of compassionate, high quality, effective, patient centred nursing care; and providing fair, hon
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